Divorce and Dissolution
Funding a divorce can be very difficult, especially for those whose spouses control all, or the majority, of the family wealth. It can be very frustrating when a spouse effectively cuts off a client from family funds and leaves them unable to pay for the legal help they need to get divorced and achieve a…
Social Media Spying Risks: your social media accounts can be used to spy, stalk or monitor your activities, your movements and your communications with friends. Social media can also be misused to harass you or even impersonate you. 1. Consider deleting all or some of your social media accounts. 2. Change all your passwords on…
Our clients will often wish to change their name following a separation or divorce. Normally, this will be to revert to a maiden name. Frequently, clients will ask for a “deed poll”. However, this will not always be necessary. 1. You can start using a new name without any formal documentation. For many organisations, a…
Our clients will sometimes choose to change their name after a divorce or separation from a spouse or partner. The Home Office has released a new policy (16/08/16) on how it deals with any requests for a change of name on official documents. The policy can be viewed here: Home Office – Use and Change of…
In the recent case of K v K*, a Husband and Wife proceeded through the usual steps of a financial application, and at final hearing an outcome was imposed on both parties by the judge. It subsequently transpired that Decree Nisi has not been pronounced when the judge made that final financial order. The Husband…
In June, the Family Court was asked to deal with the decision as to whether a child should continue to live with her father, or move to live with her mother instead. The court decided that the child should live with her mother, but the reasons for that decision have not been published, as the…
The High Court recently dealt with a non-paying husband and father, imposing a suspended sentence of 14 days of imprisonment, after he refused to pay the amount he had previously agreed to pay in child maintenance and towards legal fees. A financial agreement was reached by the parties, which included payments for spousal and…
We are pleased to offer our clients a fixed fee divorce service for £990 (including VAT). We will prepare a sole divorce or dissolution application for your approval, based on the ground that the marriage has broken down irretrievably. We will send a letter to your spouse or their solicitor to provide them with the…
The UK Ministry of Justice has implemented an increase in court fees which will take effect next Monday, 21 March 2016. This increase will apply to all the court fees which are commonly used in family law cases: The fee to divorce (or end a civil partnership) will increase from £410 to £550. Contested applications in…
We would like to tackle five common myths about spousal maintenance for you: My spousal maintenance payments are fixed for life Spousal maintenance is variable. Either party can apply to the court to vary the amount that is to be paid in maintenance. If I lose my job, I can stop paying spousal maintenance In this…
